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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15765, 16 May 1913, Page 4

A Press Association telegram states that tho Hon. AY. li. Hemes left Greymouth yesterday for Rcoftou, visiting tho Blackball branch line en route. He received numerous deputations and requests of a minor nature. Mr Herries returned in tho afternoon, ami received various deputations on local mutters. Lost night he was entertained by the Greymouth locil bodies at a complimentary social, at which there was a very large attendance. Tho suggestion tivat a number of school children from Dunedin might be afforded nn opportunity of visiting the New Zealand at Lyttelton has been warmly taken up in Cliristchurch, and arrangements are being made whereby accommodation for 400, or more if required, will be provided for two nights. His Worship the Mayor ■ (Mr' W. Downie Stewart) has received a telegram to the above elTect from the Mayor of Cliristchurch, who states that possibly it may be necessary that the visit to the battleship bo .made on Tuesday, which would mean that the children would lwve to leave Dunedin otii Monday. Mr Stewart is anxious to facilitate arrangements for making tho trip, and he desires that those who aro likely to go should notily tho town clerk (Mr Lewin) not later than noon to-morrow so that the necessary details as to controf, etc., may be completed without delay. He also suggests, in vitw of tho shortness of the time available, that tho head masters of the public schools might bring the mutter under tho 'notico of the pupils this morning so that parents may be notified of tho opportunity of inspecting tho battleship under better conditions than can possibly prevail when she visits Otago. Keprcsontativflu of the Quarry Workers' Labourers will meet representatives of their employers in private conferenco at 10 o'clock this morning. Mr J. R. Triggs, Conciliation Commissioner, was asked to oreaidc, uud has ooiuuitcd to do so.

It is anticipated that there will be a very large attendance at the Garrison Hall tonight, when an address on the Bible-in-schools question will bo given by the Rev. Dr Cleary (Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland). The question liar, aroused widespread interest of late, and the ability of Dr Cleary is so well-known that thoso attending the meeting may rely that the attitude which lie lias so warmly supported in the past will be placed before them in a lucid and attractive manner. Full opportunity will bo given for questions relevant to the issue, and prompt and straightforward answers are promised. His Worship the Mayor (Mr W. Downie Stewart), will preside.

An inquest is to bo held this morning at the Hospital concerning tho death of Edward Seymour, which took place at the institution on Wednesday attcrnoon.

Word has been received in Waikouaiti that the New Zealand, on her way down the coast, will steam as close in to the Waikoumti coaet as in compatible with safety in order to allow residents and settlers to obtain a good view of her. In this connection a representative of this paper was last night shown a letter from the Hon. Thomas Mackenzie to a Waikouaiti resident, in which the writer stated that he had aeked Captain Halsey to keep as close to tho Waikouaiti coast as possible '' for old acquaintance sake" and as a tribute to the early settlers who arrived in tho Magnet, and " also," concluded the writer, " in memory of my own happy associations with the district."

.For making use of obscene language at a footbaU mutch at Port Chalmers last Saturday, James Mulqueen was lined £1 and oosts (7s) on Wednesday morning. Defendant taid he did not remember Having usod the language attributed to him, being under the influence of drink at tho time. Having been convicted of thj olfence, lie had to choose between paying the One or undergoing seven days' imprisonment. A first offender was convicted and discharged for drunkenness, and a prohibition order was granted against a man on tho application of a friend.

The wharves were bare of shipping yesterday at Dunedin, and work was confined chiefly to anathematising the weather and the discussion o£ oongenial topics by those whose calling necessitated their attendance at the wliarves. The Mokoia was duo to arrive from Lyttciton, and the John was expected from Timaru, but owing to the bad weather on the coast neither vessel put in an appearance during the day.

Mr M. ¥. Wiridoweon, S.M., lield a short silting of the City i-ouce Court yesterday morning, wnen u ur6i offender lor drunkeujiobd was lined ss, in detauit 24 hours' imprisonment. For tiie saaie olfence Kichard Uameron was lined 20s, in dciault seven duys' imprisonment, and JauiC6 Russell was couvicted and discharged.

Owing to the Art Gallery Hall being othenvwe engaged, the Otagy Art Socieiy will noid its annual exhibition of sketches a little later tuan usual this year. The exhibition will bo opened on June 10. It is expected that artists lrom all parts qf New Zealand will 1)0 represented. In addition to tne collection of sketches in oil and water colours, an ©xfiibis of work by the pupils ot the Dunedin bcriool of Art will aieo be shown. The exhibition is to be open to the public free of charge.

The Dunedin Burns Club choir has accepted the invitaticm ot Mr J. Craigio, M.P., ot Timaru, to be present in Timaru on the 22nd inst. at tho ceremony of unveiling the Burns suitue which Mr Cruigie is presenting to the town. It is expected that about 50 members of tho choir will make the journey by special train, and in'all probability they will be accompanied by a contingent from thgJJunedin Pipe Band.

The ceremony of numbering the first Commonwealth note was recently performed by tho Hon. Judith Dennian, the little'daughter of the Governor-general. The Commonwealth note printer (Mr Harrison) showed tho visitors the processes by which a plain sheet of paper becomes worth 10s, for so far only 10 s notes have teen printed. The first printing and the second are the main designs for front and back, and are done on special presses, then the second design, printed in rainbow colours, is super printed, the colours being of such a quality that the imitation of the notes by photography is impossible, Printed so far four on a sheet, tho notes are separated, and the edges guillotined, and the final process is that of pressing them flat, for the wet printing crinkles the paper. After pressing nothing remains but to stamp the number, and this completes the note.

Miss M. E. Richmond, speaking at the Free Kindergarten Union at Wellington, said that woman, could never touch mau in his own walk. " I don't believe," she said, " that when all k said and done that Mrs Pankhurst would niako as good a Prime Minister as Mr Asquith or Mr Balfour. If you consider the pathetic want of originality in women it is quite startling. Why, even our garments are invented by men. Man dictates the very shapes of our hate, and man growls at us for wearing 6uch abominations. Man invents the cradles for our babies, and their go-carts and even the socks and shoes for their little feet, I don't blame man for all this—l simply admire him—but I should like to 6ec women as a eex turning their minds to those subjects in which they are fitted by nature to excel man—subjects to which in the main they are still indifferent. Health, education, charitable aid, the problem of poverty, the need of individual thrift, competency, and the adequate control of environment are somewhat at a standstill, waiting for our sex to take them up in a eerious spirit."

The Dunedin Fanciers' Club's annual show, to be hold, in Sidey'g' Buildings, Crawford street, on June 3, 4, and 5, promises to be a great success. Already entries are coming in freoly, and competitors are reminded that entries for poultry, pigeons, canaries, cats, and children's pets close on Saturday, 17th inst., and will be received only at the office of the secretary or through the post.

With regard to the message found at MaJigonui Bluff stating that the Nomai was 6inking as the result of a hurricane, it is stilted that the message, if genuine, clears up a mystery of the sea- one of the many associated with'the port of Newcastle. It is a long sad list that of the vessels, both sail and steam, which have left the coal port fully laden and have never been heard of again, somo even bound for 110 further ports than those 011 the Australian coast itself. It is now almost certain that the Nomai is one of thorn. She was posted at Lloyds as missing as far back as December 18. She left Newcastle for the west coast of South America—for Antofagasta— on July 10, 1912, and.ought to have arrived in September following. After eho put to son nothing was heard of her. The position given, 42 S. 160 12., would place her in the Tasman Sea in a line with Cook Strait and a little less. than half-way between New Zealand and Tasmania. She would then bo sailing down towards the mid forties, to pick wp the westerly winds. The weather on July 16 was particularly bad ill. the Tasman Soa, and especially on the West Coast of the South Island, and iii Cook Strait oil that day a whale was stranded at Lyall Bay. A storm swept down from the Tropic of Capricorn over the waters separating Australia and New Zealand, and lashed thiyn to fury. In that storm, right in the track of it, the Nomai would have been if the position given in the message be correct. It was a vast funnel-shaped eddy of hot air whirling out from tlio iiorth at terrific speed across the Tasman Soa to IO6C itself in the Antarctic. The Nomai -was originally the Auchenoairn, built of steel in 1891 at Maryport, Scotland, and was of 1921 tons net. She wns a four-masted barque-rigged vessel, and was owned by the Visurgis Rhcderoi Aktient Gesselkhaft, of Bremen, owners of a fleet of big sailing ships. She was commanded by Captain Himmo, who liAd been in her since 19C6. Sho had 3000 tons of coal on board, and carried a crew of 30 all told.

A Press Association telegram tUlf Wellington states that the election of a representative of tho Post and Telegraph Department on tho Public Service Appeal Bo?,rd resulted as follows:—F. M. Scully (New Plymouth), 1091 votes; L. Anderson (Dunedin), 763; informal, 29. A confused story of love and shooting has been hysterically told to the Montaguo police by tho principals in a queer little drama at a junior football match at Yamvillo on Saturday week. The Talbofs, <t Montague junior team, drove to Yarraville in state with flags flying gaily from theii furniture van and a number of their girl supporters on board. It in alleged tha> during \tke match three Conraville supporters maoe such headway >~Uh the affections of three of tho Montaguo girls that when the time camo for the latter to -etum in the van the new admirers objected strongly to their departure. The result was ■l disturbance. The Yarraville youths say that tue Montague admirers armed themseh <?rs with pea rifles, and fired shots in tie a ,*V kveryone admitted that the air was thick with bullets and road metal, and there is not the slightest doubt that a Yarraville youth got a bullet in tho thigh, for he has arrived at tie Melbourne Hospital in a serious condition.

Giving evidence before tho Dominions Commission at Sydney, Mr W. H. Milhvard (manager of tho Pacific Cablo Board) said that during the nino years tho cablo had been working tho receipts had gradually and steadily increased from £79,824 to £160,500. The rate for ordinary messages had been maintained at 3s a word, but that for press messages had been reduccd. Thero was now, satd Mr ilillward, a direct cablo between Sydney and Auckland, and' the lire between \ancouver and Montreal was being worked entirely under tho control of the company, and a steady increase in receipts was looked for. The system of week-end ciiblct; was not as generally known to the public as it might be, and would receive further attention. The company could cope with 15 per cent, more business than at present without materially increasing tho working expenses. If things continued as at present, tho company, Mr Millward thought, could soo its way clear in five years to carry on without Government assistance There wore fewer transmissions than on the rival line.

"I am surprised with the productiveness of New Zealand," remarked Mr \V. G. Wickham (British Trade Commissioner :n the domin:on) to a New Zealand Herald reporter at Auckland on Thursday. "But,'' he went on, "more of your land should bo doing its duty." Proceeding, Mr Wickham said that New Zealand ought to havo a big future. Until, however, it becamomoro populous it would have no roal chance, he considered, as a manufacturing country. " Populate New Zealand first," he said, "and the manufacturers will follow where there is room for them. In the meantime go oil with your produco and do everything possible to cheapen its production. I do not mean to suggest that wages should bo cut down. The bigger a country grows the more economical and the cheaper becomes the distribution of goods. The most important item in the cost of living in. New Zealand," he proceeded, " is tho distribution of an extraordinarily varied lot of goods to a limited number of people living over a scattered area. Tho bigger the population the easier and more rapid ihe locomotion becomes, while costs are reduced in every direction. Double the railway traffic, and you can afford to doublo the tracks. As soon as you do that you can probably double the speed of the trains t'iiat travel over them. New Zealand is not securing enough immigration," Mr Wickham concluded; "Immigrants would come here readily enough if you would offer them inducements. The first essential is to have the land ready for them; also you should make sure that tho land you intend placing them on is not run up in price oy gamblers to more than its market value before they get there."

A new smoke helmet is now being tried by tho members of the Auckland City Fire Brigade. It is made entirely of asbestos, with the exception of two glass panes in front, and its total weight is not more than 41b. It fits closely over the faco, leaving the ears exposed. The skull is protected, and an asbestos flap covers the neck. The air is supplied through a long length of asbestos hose, and is forced gently into the helmet from a pair of double-acting bellows. The foul air escapes just behind the ears. To demonstrate tho utility of the helmet, Superintendent Wo'olley permitted a "Herald" representative to don the gear and enter a room containing a smouldering firo of 6traw. The smoke was so thick that the visitor could not see more than three inches in front of him, and yet tho glass panck remained clear, and tho fresh air within the helmet passed gently across his faco. The superintendent stated that the appliance is specially adapted for fires in ships' holds, or in wooden houses whero a se-arch is necessary. The station has previously used two helmets, "which, however, are not perfect. " I do not think wo need havo any hesitation in taking milk with our porridge m tho morning," said the Mayor of Christchurch on Monday night in expressing his oompleto reassurance regarding the state . of the milk supplies of Christchuroh, Ho was referring at the time (says the Lytteiton Times) to tho lecture of Dr Champtaloup on the subject of "Bacteria." Ho said that the lecturer had stated that of 400 samples of milk tested in New Zeal&nd none had been found to contain live germs, a fact which was largely attributable to the action of the Stock Department in condemning cows before tho disease reached a stage when it would affect the milk. The reassuring tono of tho Mayor was not sustained by a letter read a few minutes afterwards from the Hospital Board, although the Mayor explained that the letter had been penned before Dr Champtaloup's lecture. . The letter stated that the board had decided to stipulate that all milk supplied to the institutions under its control must bo from herds certified free from tuberculosis. As the result of the test, one contractor had had 18 cows condemned ouO of 80, and another 11 out of 29. Tho tests appeared to disclose widespread disease among the dairy herds supplying Christchurch residents with milk, and the board urged the council to take steps to ensuro that milk vended in the city and suburbs should be supplied from tested cows only. The letter was referred to the Public Health Committee. We have received £5 from "A Fricfid" for tho Y.W.C.A. building fund. The liev. Vallance Cook is expected to arrive in Dunedin to-morrow evening, and he will meet workers and sympathisers hi Trinity Church at 7.50 that evening. On Sunday there will be a men's meeting in the Garrison Hall at 3 p.m., a women's meeting in tho Octagon Ilall, ajid an aftcrchurchi rally in-the Garrison Hall at 8.15. Wo have received a copy ot tho fourth edition of " Echoes from' fccyond tho Wave," by Mr A. C. Robertson. We have received 10s from "W. C." (Roslyn) for Dr Barnardo's Bomes' Fund and 5s from "E. N." for Pearson's 'Freshair Fund. A flower show (with sweets and baking competitions), organised by tho Firsr Church Young Women's Club, will be held in the Burns Hali on Monday evening, May 19. During the evening a leclurette on "Chrysanthemums " will be givej* by Mr D. Tanuoek. Westmoreland Hill Climb, ji/jrenger evenly any iwwer machines. Douglas motor cycle arid sidecar won 2nd place.—W. Stuart Wilson and Co., Bond si., Dunedin.—Adit. H, Gunthorp, resident dentist, Balclu'.ii, visits Milton, Kaitangata, and Owafea. Talephono 54.—Advt. Whcro to get a suitable present is no problem. Wo havo a wonderful array of charming and tasteful articles—jewellery, silverware, elcctro-plato. and timepieces. Everything is good. Prices reasonable.—G. and 'I'. Young (Limited), jewellers, E8 Princes street, Dunedin.—Advt. A. E J. Blakeley, • dentist, Bank of Australasia, corner of Bond and Rattray streets (next Telegraph Offioo). Telephone 1859.— Advfe J k